View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:11181373
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Contents:
Comprises: 48 pages copied from Thomas Bardwell's "Observations on Painting" (i.e. his The practice of painting and perspective made easy, first published in 1756), with annotations by Wright (1780); two pages of notes by Wright on Benjamin West's techniques and color (1775); one letter (2 pages, laid in), from Erasmus Darwin, dated 22 November 1775, introducing Wright to patrons in Bath, England.
Subject Terms:
Bardwell, Thomas, 1704–1767. Practice of painting and perspective made easy. | Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797. | West, Benjamin, 1738–1820. | Darwin, Erasmus, 1731–1802 -- Correspondence. | Painting -- Technique -- Early works to 1800. | Paint mixing -- Early works to 1800. | Color -- Early works to 1800.